Hair-fastener.



R.GOULD.

HAIR FASTENERI APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1917.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

REUBEN GOULD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-FASTENEB.

Speomcation of Letters I'atent.

Patedtea Oct. 2, 1917.

Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN GOULD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair fasteners and has for its principal object the provision of a device of this character which will be structurally efiicient for the purpose of embracing the braid for holding the same in a uniform condition; one which will be simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture and consisting of elements which will effectually co-act with each other so as to hold the fastener against accidental slipping or loss after being applied.

A specific object of the invention is the production of a device of this character comprising a body member having peculiarly shaped teeth disposed in two rows and upstruck from the body to produce rather large lapping openings, and a clasp adapted to be fastened in co-active relation with said body between the rows of spurs or teeth so as to force the strands of hair along the edges of the teeth and partly into the openings and thereby secure a very firm grip on the hair.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts which will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings herewith,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener, taken from the rear with the clasp 0 en.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3, of Fig. 1.

As suggested above, the fastener comprises a body and a clasp, these members or sections being loosely connected at one end and detachably connected at the other. body is shown in Fig. 1 as a plate 1, rather longer horizontally than it is wide vertically, and of appropriate configuration and material. In its formation it is stamped with two rows of V-shaped incisions with The the anglesof those in one row directed toward the spaces between the incisions in the other row, and the metal inclosed within each incision is then upbent into a pointed tooth 3 in the shape of an isosceles triangle, thereby exposing an opening 2 in the body 1 which is of course of the same shape, the bases of the teeth and openings are coincident and the bases of all in one row are alined, with the result that the openings lap each other slightly and the teeth stand out from the rear of the body 1 and are staggered throughout two parallel rows.

At one end, the body 1, is provided with a hook or keeper 4, while at the other end, the said body 1, is provided with a swinging section or clasp 5, having a portion 6, adapted to engage with the keeper 4, after the fastener is adjusted upon the braid of the hair. The body may be curved longitudinally so as to conform with the plait of hair to which it is accommodated, while the clasp 6,'is slightly flexible and normally straight whereby when adjusted operatively and engaged with the hook or keeper 4, it will take a bulged or longitudinally curved form so as to also adapt itself to the plait.

'In addition to the function just described,

the clasp operates to forcibly cause the spurs to enter the hair and it also brings about a locking action between the hair and the openings 2, it being understood that when the clasp is engaged with the kee er 4, certain strands of hair will be force into said openings. This is desired in order to maximize the clamping action of the device upon the braid and prevent the device from casually slipping to either side of its intended position.

The clasp hereinbefore mentioned is provided with an up-set rib 12, which extends toward the body when the device is applied to the braid. This arrangement augments the clamping action of the two sections 1 and 6, and effectually advances the hair into the openings 2.

In the modified form of-the invention shown in Fig. 2, the fastener consists of a Q aaeaeeo prising a metal body plate stamped with two rows of V-shaped incisions and the metal therein upturned into triangular teeth disposed in parallel rows projecting from the rear face of the plate and staggered with respect to each other and exposing two rows of opemngs between them, a hook at one REUBEN GOULD. 

